AB1893

More Accountability for the Housing Accountability Act

State: California

Status: Enacted ✅

Formal Title: An act to amend Section 65589.5 of the Government Code, relating to land use.

Summary: Amends the Housing Accountability Act to further restrict a local agency's ability to deny or condition housing development projects. It revises the definition of housing for lower/moderate-income households to include projects dedicating at least 10% of units to lower-income households or projects of 10 units or fewer. For agencies without a substantially compliant housing element, it allows project denial only if it exceeds certain density thresholds, fails to meet certain location/site criteria, or fails to comply with objective development standards from the closest multifamily residential zone. It deems projects meeting specified density criteria compliant with ministerial streamlining laws.

Main sponsors: Buffy Wicks

Legislative text: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1893